Popcorn & Snake Oil

[chebby]

I remember this event made quite a stir few years ago.

Roy Gregory steps down as Editor from Hi-Fi+ to work as Vice-President of Marketing and PR at Nordost

So should Peter Comeau fall on his sword because he also wrote for hi-fi magazines? (If only there were more like him writing for the mags today.)

 

[Vladimir]

It happens from time to time, as here most recently

Wouldn't read too much into it.

I'm only reading what the big man says. It was timing out of the blue.

Re Two thoughts

Submitted by John Atkinson on May 12, 2014 - 8:07pm

mmole wrote: I am now a bit troubled by the over-whelmingly positive review Stephen wrote of the AudioQuest Dragonfly v1.2 that appeared in the March issue (vol. 37, no.3). Under the circumstances, it's a shame that it appeared in the very same month as Stephen's departure for the very same manufacturer.

It's in the timing. Stephen wrote his Dragonfly review in December 2013 but the job offer, out of the blue, from AudioQuest, was in mid-January 2014. (Dates corrected thanks to Peter Noerbaeck's eagle eyes.)

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile

 

[Vladimir]

Still reading this thread. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1198719/the-upgrade-company-component-mods/

I'm on page 11 and this is the best most epic thread in the history of the multiverse. :cheer:

 

[MrReaper182]

Way to many audiophiles are doped up on their placebo pills.

 

[sublime]

I remember this event made quite a stir few years ago.

Roy Gregory steps down as Editor from Hi-Fi+ to work as Vice-President of Marketing and PR at Nordost

It happens from time to time, as here most recently

Wouldn't read too much into it.

Running a 'high end' cable company is almost as good as having a money tree.

hmm...there's a thought - smallish outlay, huge profits...

 

[spiny norman]

Do you have one?

(Looks down to check) Yes thanks, and it's in fine fettle.

 

[spiny norman]

It happens from time to time, as here most recently

Wouldn't read too much into it.

I'm only reading what the big man says. It was timing out of the blue.

Exactly my point.

 

[davedotco]

I remember this event made quite a stir few years ago.

Roy Gregory steps down as Editor from Hi-Fi+ to work as Vice-President of Marketing and PR at Nordost

It happens from time to time, as here most recently

Wouldn't read too much into it.

Running a 'high end' cable company is almost as good as having a money tree.

hmm...there's a thought - smallish outlay, huge profits...

You need a story though, never forget that........... :type:

I suggest Grimm and Grimm, well known cable marketing consultants.

 

[chebby]

I remember this event made quite a stir few years ago.

Roy Gregory steps down as Editor from Hi-Fi+ to work as Vice-President of Marketing and PR at Nordost

It happens from time to time, as here most recently

Wouldn't read too much into it.

Running a 'high end' cable company is almost as good as having a money tree.

hmm...there's a thought - smallish outlay, huge profits...

You need a story though, never forget that........... :type:

I suggest Grimm and Grimm, well known cable marketing consultants.

That would would be Rumpelstiltskin then. He span straw into gold.

 

[Vladimir]

Here is a Double Blind Test done by a group of Spanish audiophiles (38 people) which showed that a $700 and $12,000 system sounded the same played through the same speakers.

http://matrixhifi.com/contenedor_ppec_eng.htm

 

[TrevC]

Here is a Double Blind Test done by a group of Spanish audiophiles (38 people) which showed that a $700 and $12,000 system sounded the same played through the same speakers.

http://matrixhifi.com/contenedor_ppec_eng.htm

HifiKrazy and Norman will be apoplectic if they dare to read that.

 

[ReValveiT]

Here is a Double Blind Test done by a group of Spanish audiophiles (38 people) which showed that a $700 and $12,000 system sounded the same played through the same speakers.

http://matrixhifi.com/contenedor_ppec_eng.htm

HifiKrazy and Norman will be apoplectic if they dare to read that.

Apoplectic... I like it, and plan to use it in future conversations.

 

[Jota180]

Here is a Double Blind Test done by a group of Spanish audiophiles (38 people) which showed that a $700 and $12,000 system sounded the same played through the same speakers.

http://matrixhifi.com/contenedor_ppec_eng.htm

Just shows the power of subconscious bias when it comes to people conducting their own 'tests' at home knowing when they are listening to the system with the expensive cable attached and when it's the cheap cables attached.

 

[Vladimir]

Immediatly a great alternative was offered - The Velumnatics AudioPhlow - audiophile hi-end cables.

http://anythingbutipod.com/2008/04/the-absoute-best-sounding-cables-ever-velumnatics-audiophlow/

 

[Vladimir]

Although some would like us to forget, lets just remember the fiasco called Pear Cables, Positive Feedback Online and 1 Million Dollar James Randi Challenge.

Gizmodo: $7,250 Speaker Cables Turn You Into a Dancin' Fool

If you thought Monster Cable was bad with its $80 HDMI cables, check out these Pear Anjou Speaker Cables, ringing up the cash register at an astonishing $7,250 for a couple of 12-footers. The most entertaining aspect of this sucker bait is the way the company got some gullible snob to gush about how he thinks he can actually hear a difference between these and the other presumably high-end wiring he's auditioned:

"... way better than anything I have heard...Simply put these are very danceable cables. Music playing through them results in the proverbial foot-tapping scene with the need or desire to get up and move. Great swing and pace—these cables smack that right on the nose big time." - Dave Clark, PF

********. Total ********. Danceable? Dance, fool, dance.

...

http://gizmodo.com/302478/7250-speaker-cables-turn-you-into-a-dancin-fool

 

[Vladimir]

Who knew power distributors were so important!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOwqyWdsWrE

 

[Esra]

Immediatly a great alternative was offered - The Velumnatics AudioPhlow - audiophile hi-end cables.

http://anythingbutipod.com/2008/04/the-absoute-best-sounding-cables-ever-velumnatics-audiophlow/

I use similar ones in the garden.The flow is def. good .

 

[Vladimir]

THE CATACOMBO SOUND SYSTEM[/b]

The £20,000 hi-fi coffin that plays music on a loop while you're dead.

http://www.catacombosoundsystem.com/







CataPlay: Pause 4-ever